Florida State University Men's Track

Bramans first 12 years, the Seminole men have accepted nine Atlantic Coast Conference indoor and 10 conference outdoor championship trophies, including a sweep of the 2014 titles. In 24 combined team championship opportunities, FSU's men have 19 ACC championships and five runner-up finishes. The Seminole men celebrated their 10th ACC Outdoor title at home on Mike Long Track last May. The Florida State women have been building their own impressive ACC resume, capped by the 2014 sweep of indoor and outdoor team titles to earn the programs second Triple Crown; a feat they first achieved in 2009 under Bramans watch. Beyond the team success, the Seminoles have amassed 222 All-American honors between the track & field and cross country programs, producing 38 national champions on the track. In 2011, Ngoni Makusha claimed The Bowerman Award - college track & fields version of the Heisman Trophy - after claiming NCAA titles in the 100 (he set the collegiate record, 9.89), long jump and 4x100 relay. Much of FSUs success can be traced to fielding balanced programs on the track, with national caliber competitors filling the rosters in the sprints, jumps, throws and distance events; a testament to Braman's philosophy of building a complete program. FSUs excellence has allowed Braman to stockpile a total of 36 national, regional and conference Coach of the Year honors. Through the relentless efforts of the coaching staff under his direction, the Seminole brand extends well beyond the borders. Twelve student-athletes who competed collegiately for the Seminoles participated in the 2012 London Olympics. It marked the second consecutive Summer Games the `Noles were represented by a dozen Olympians. Bramans  Florida State mens cross country program has reached unprecedented heights, advancing to the NCAA Championships 12 times, highlighted by a runner-up finish in 2010 and a fifth-place showing in 2012. To add perspective to those accomplishments, prior to his arrival the Seminoles had just one NCAA Championship appearance and produced two All-Americans.   Six Seminole men have earned All-American honors on his watch, including five since 2010. Not surprisingly, the Seminoles have been one of the premier programs in the ACC over the course of Bramans tenure. Prior to his arrival in 2000, the FSU mens cross country team had not finished higher than seventh in nine ACC Championship meets. Braman matched that all-time best finish in his first season and hasnt looked back. The Noles have 13 top-five finishes in 15 seasons, highlighted by the programs first ACC title in 2010. FSU has five runner-up finishes in that stretch. The `Noles won back-to-back NCAA South Region titles in 2011 and 2012, the second of which came at Apalachee Regional Park, FSUs home course, which Braman was instrumental in developing as part of a joint venture between Leon County, the Gulf Winds Track Club and the university. The South Region Championships will return to FSUs home course in 2014. In addition to his work with the men, Braman also laid the foundation for the womens cross country program, which he directed from 2000-2006. He guided the women to the first NCAA Championship appearances (2002, 2003 and 2006) in school history. Prior to his arrival in Tallahassee, Braman enjoyed 17 years of national success at the University of South Florida, where he began his coaching career as the mens cross country assistant in 1983. He was promoted to head cross country coach in 1985 and launched the womens program in 1986. When USF began its track program in 1991, Braman assumed head coaching duties for that sport as well. A Tampa, Fla. native, Braman graduated from the University of Florida in 1980 with a degree in broadcasting. He was a three-year captain of the Florida cross country team and earned All-SEC honors in cross country (1979-80) and indoor track (1979), while setting the school record in the indoor three-mile run. He is married to the former Debbie Turner. They have two sons, Steven and Tyler, who are Florida State graduates.

Scott has not wasted any time establishing the Noles as a force at his second home - he was raised in New Jersey, starred for the Seminoles and served an apprenticeship as a volunteer assistant in Tallahassee after a remarkable first-year coaching performance at San Diego State. In his first two outdoor seasons alone, Seminoles Chelsea Whalen (shot put), Kellion Knibb (discus) and Katja Vangsnes (hammer) established new school records under Scotts guidance. Three of the top 10 marks in the womens shot put and discus, and two in the hammer, have also been produced by his athletes. Indoors, Briana Cherry-Bronson, Lakitta Johnson and Sasha-Ann Lebert hold down the top three weight throw marks in school history, while Whalen, Knibb and Johnson occupy three of the top five positions in the shot put. Needless to say, there have been significant contributions from the throws as the Seminole men have won three consecutive ACC mens outdoor titles, highlighted by Jeff Pelages discus gold, Stargell Williams silver shot put finish and Markindey Sineus hammer bronze in 2013. Led by Sineus runner-up finish in 2014, the Noles also received scoring performances from freshmen Chad DaCosta and Austin Droogsma in the discus and shot put, respectively. FSU throwers piled up 17 throws points en route to the 2015 outdoor title. On the womens side, Whalen and Knibb won 2013 ACC Outdoor titles in the shot put and discus, respectively, as the Noles nearly pulled off the team title team. A year later, FSU finished the job with Knibb claiming her second consecutive discus title, with Whalen and Johnson scoring in the shot put and Vangsnes and Cherry-Bronson adding hammer points for a total of 19. The Noles won their first team title since 2009 by a 15-point margin. Knibb has been FSUs most decorated thrower under Scotts watch with the Seminoles, highlighted by an amazing 2014 season which saw her capture Penn Relays, ACC and NCAA East Preliminary discus titles. The sophomore set the Jamaican national record at the NCAA East Preliminary meet (61.34m/201-3) and went on to become the first FSU woman to earn All-American honors by placing fifth at the NCAA Championships. She followed that up by winning the Jamaican National Championship and finishing sixth at the Commonwealth Games in her first international competition as a senior athlete. Knibb followed up by claiming the 2015 ACC Indoor title in the shot put, her secondary event, before an injury sidelined her for the outdoor season. Scott has incorporated some of the coaching techniques from Harlis Meaders, his coach at Florida State and the man he succeeded, while adding his own touch. He has applied the same tireless work ethic and approach to conditioning and preparation that catapulted his own career. Scotts ascent from a 64-foot high school thrower to the No. 2 shot putter in FSU history (66-4) and a first-team All-American in 2005 was dramatic. He still holds the Mike Long Track record (70-4.50), which he set as a professional in 2008 prior to representing Jamaica in the Beijing Olympic Games. In addition to his Olympic feats, he is a two-time World Championship finalist, finished sixth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and won a silver medal in the Pan American Games. He has won 10 Jamaican national shot put championships and silver medals at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games. Scott graduated from Florida State in 2007 and previously served as a volunteer assistant with the Seminoles, working directly with Meaders, his predecessor. In his lone season at San Diego State, Scott helped Whitney Ashley capture the 2012 NCAA Outdoor title in the discus. Since returning to Tallahassee he has developed quite a reputation as a recruiter - especially in Jamaica - not only of athletes in his own event area, but also in the sprints and jumps as well.

Nobles connection to the program runs four decades deep, dating to his undergraduate days as a pole vaulter and multi-event athlete for the Seminoles. Widely recognized as one of the nations most accomplished coach of horizontal jumps, he also instructs FSUs vertical jumpers, multi-event athletes and javelin throwers. Nobles will forever be linked to former Seminole Kim Williams development as college track & fields most decorated womens triple jumper. Williams, who holds the collegiate record, is a five-time NCAA champion and advanced to the finals of the 2012 Olympic Games. He also mentored Ngoni Makusha through four NCAA long jump titles. Considered one of the finest track athletes in FSU history, Makusha capped his career as the 2011 winner of The Bowerman Award, presented to the nations top collegiate track & field athlete. The two multi-time NCAA champions only scratch the surface when it comes to outlining Nobles impact. Since joining Terry Longs staff full-time in 1987, Nobles athletes have combined for 15 individual NCAA and 96 ACC titles. They have also claimed 111 All-American honors. He has coached nine former Seminoles who have gone on to represent their countries at the Olympic Games, including two-time NCAA champion pole vaulter Lacy Janson (USA), who made her Olympic debut in 2012. Nobles reputation as a coach extended well beyond the boundaries of the Florida State campus. Great Britains Jonathan Edwards, one of the worlds elite triple jumpers, employed Nobles as his coach. Edwards went on to win the Olympic gold medal in 2000 after claiming the silver medal in 1996. Among the many stars who have shined under his direction with the Seminoles are Rafeeq Curry, who won the 2006 NCAA triple jump title and claimed the 2011 US National championship. Janson won the US indoor national title in 2011. Decathlete Gonzalo Barroilhet established a new school and ACC Outdoor Championship record in 2012, piling up 8,065 points en route to second a second trip to the Olympics representing Chile. One of Nobles current multi-athletes is redshirt junior Grete Sadeiko, who won an ACC heptathlon title with a school-record 5,705 points less than a year after enduring reconstructive knee surgery. Like Barroilhet, Sadeiko - who earned second-team All-American honors outdoors last season - has her eyes set on the 2016 Games. Florida States outdoor top 10 lists for the jumps and vaults are littered with Nobles athletes, particularly on the womens side. His female jumpers and vaulters have 38 of the 40 top-10 marks, while the men have 33 of the top 40 marks. Including the multi events, all 10 of the mens indoor and outdoor records, as well as eight of the nine womens marks, belong to athletes coached by Nobles. Inducted into the State of Florida Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2012, Nobles earned National Assistant Coach of the Year honors in 2003 and has been the South Region Womens Indoor Assistant of the Year in 2011 and 2012.. Nobles graduated Cum Laude from Florida States School of Physical Education while also competing as a pole vaulter and decathlete on the Seminole track team from 1979-81. He went on to obtain his masters degree from FSU in exercise physiology in 1983. In addition to his coaching duties, he is an associate professor at FSU as well. Nobles began his coaching career at Wayland Baptist College, an NAIA track powerhouse in Plainview, Texas. While at Wayland, he coached 17 All-Americans, two national champions, a pair of Olympic qualifiers and a national record-holder. He also led the school to a national championship and two runner-up finishes. He returned to FSU in 1985 and spent two seasons as a volunteer assistant coach before stepping into a full-time role. No assistant on the Florida State campus has served longer.

Hon most recently contributed to the men claiming the program's 11th ACC Outdoor Championships and the women placing sixth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.Those feats came on the heels of the 2014 seasons, when the FSU men and women swept both the indoor and outdoor conference team titles. Over the past two years, Hon has had a hand in developing athletes who earned All-American honors in 18 events, including 11 first-team All-American performances between the men and the women. The group is highlighted by 2014 NCAA 60-meter champion Dentarius Locke and 2015 NCAA Outdoor 400-meter champion Kala Funderburk. Hons passion and area of expertise is the hurdles, and his impact has been quickly realized. Redshirt sophomore Sage Watson finished fourth at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400-meter hurdles in 55.97 - out of lane 1 - which was both an Olympic A standard but also good for the Canadian national lead. It was also the best NCAA finish in the event by a Nole since Kim Batten was third in 1991. In 2014, Anne Zagre set the school record (12.83) and placed  sixth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 100-meter hurdles. That too was the best finish in the 100-meter hurdles bya Seminole since Kim Batten was fourth in 1991. In addition to the All-American efforts of Watson and Zagre, Nicole Setterington has twice qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary in the 100-meter hurdles and ranks seventh all-time outdoors with a lifetime-best of 13.43. Zagre (8.21) and Setterington (8.45) also rank second and sixth on FSU's indoor 60-meter hurdle top 10 list. Hon joined the Noles in 2013-14 after spending 13 formative years at the University of Cincinnati as both a record-setting student-athlete and an assistant coach. A Cincinnati native, Hon spent seven seasons as an assistant with the Bearcats, directing the hurdlers and sprinters, including his last two as the recruiting coordinator for the program. His second season as the recruiting coordinator saw him land four athletes ranked among the top 10 nationally in their respective events. That recruiting experience carried over to the Seminole brand as he played a role in helping FSU land the top-ranked 2014 mens recruiting class, according to Track & Field News. Florida States most recent womens class was also ranked among the top 10 in the nation. Hons vast experience coaching the hurdles is well-documented. He was instrumental in developing 2008 Olympic silver medalist David Payne and multi-time All-American Terrence Sommerville in the 110-meter hurdles during his days at Cincinnati. Sommerville won his third consecutive Big East title in 2013 and earned Great Lakes Region Track Performer of the Year. A 2012 Olympic Trials qualifier, Sommerville also holds the Cincinnati, Big East and Drake Relays records in the 110 hurdles. In all, UC hurdlers established 12 school records under Hon's guidance. He also mentored Big East 100-meter champion John Bowie, a fourth-round draft choice of the Oakland Raiders, and put together UC's school-record 4x100 relay team. On the women's side, he helped Monica Hundley claim the 2008 Big East Indoor title in the 60-meter hurdles. Prior to coaching, Hon enjoyed a record-setting collegiate experience as a hurdler with the Bearcats. The one-time Cincinnati record-holder in the 60-meter hurdles, he qualified for the 2004 and 2008 US Olympic Trials in the 110-meter hurdles. He was the MVP of the 2001 Bearcats squad after capturing the Conference USA title in the 400-meter hurdles. A 2002 Cincinnati graduate with a degree in criminal justice, he is married to the former Grace Murdock. They are the proud parents of a son, Zachary.